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Source Description
Marie Edmé Patrice Maurice de MacMahon (1808-1893), whose portrait appears on this vase, was its first owner. He was a successful military leader who was given the titles of Duke of Magenta and Marshall of France by Napoleon III, but after France's defeat in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71 and the end of the Second Empire, MacMahon was elected second President of the Third Republic of France.
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149645
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Vase with Portrait of President MacMahon
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149645
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object
title
Vase with Portrait of President MacMahon
description
Marie Edmé Patrice Maurice de MacMahon (1808-1893), whose portrait appears on this vase, was its first owner. He was a successful military leader who was given the titles of Duke of Magenta and Marshall of France by Napoleon III, but after France's defeat in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71 and the end of the Second Empire, MacMahon was elected second President of the Third Republic of France.
date
c. 1872–1874
citation
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79931160
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Ceramic
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 89.2 x 43.8 cm (35 1/8 x 17 1/4 in.)
cul
France, 19th century
accession
1979.4
Source extras
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porcelain with gilt bronze mounts
tombstone
Vase with Portrait of President MacMahon, c. 1872–1874. Alfred-Thompson Gobert (French, 1822–1894), Constantin Renard (French), Emile-Bernard Rejoux (French, 1832-), Jean-Denis Larue (French, 1884), Jules Archelais (French, 1865–1902). Porcelain with gilt bronze mounts; overall: 89.2 x 43.8 cm (35 1/8 x 17 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Thomas L. Fawick Memorial Collection, 1979.40
collection
Decorative Arts
inscriptions
inscription
incised gilded letters located directly below portrait relief: "MACMAHON"; incised gilded letters located in complex design of ribbons above portrait: "AMOR PATRIA," and below: "SAPIENTIA," "FORTITUDO"; on primary face, beneath the ornamental surround of MacMahon's portrait: "Gob. R/Sèvres"; on reverse, incised gilt numerals located within ornamental ribbon: "1873"; incised in the porcelain inside neck: "CR 72 6" and beneath it "CR 72 9"; incised letters beneath the vase: "NL"; a small gilt-metal bucket is installed within the neck of the MacMahon Vase, on its bottom are scratched the letters: "ABF"; printed in green inside the neck and beneath the vase: "s 74"; printed in red on the lip: a circular stamp with the words "Decore a Sèvres 74" surrounding the initials "RF" [Repbulique Français].
citations
citation
Cleveland Museum of Art, “Thomas L. Fawick Memorial Collection is on View in Year in Review Exhibition,” February 7, 1980, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
citation
Lee, Sherman E. "The Year in Review for 1979." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 67, no. 3 (1980): 58-99.
page_number
Reproduced: cat. no. 33, p. 72; Mentioned: p. 59
citation
Cleveland Museum of Art, and Jenifer Neils. <em>The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: P. 70-71, no. 75
creditline
The Thomas L. Fawick Memorial Collection
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2026-05-29 07:42:33.191000
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149645
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Decorative Art and Design
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Decorative Arts
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porcelain with gilt bronze mounts
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male
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